WoRMS taxon details
Gymnothorax nudivomer (Günther, 1867)
217488 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217488)
accepted
Species
Gymnothorax insignis Seale, 1917 · unaccepted
Gymnothorax xanthostomus Snyder, 1904 · unaccepted
Lycodontis nudivomer (Günther, 1867) · unaccepted
Muraena nudivomer Günther, 1867 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Muraena nudivomer Günther, 1867) Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21. [details]
Description Found in seaward reefs in the Red Sea at 4 m or more. Usually found in more than 30 m elsewhere. It's mucus is toxic.
Description Found in seaward reefs in the Red Sea at 4 m or more. Usually found in more than 30 m elsewhere. It's mucus is toxic. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gymnothorax nudivomer (Günther, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217488 on 2025-06-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gymnothorax insignis Seale, 1917) Seale, A. (1917). New species of apodal fishes. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 61 (4): 79-94. [details]
original description (of Muraena nudivomer Günther, 1867) Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Cabebe-Barnuevo, R. A.; Obar, E. A. A.; Penuela, D. F. A.; Motomura, H.; Babaran, R. P.; Malay, M. C. D. (2023). Two new records of moray eels representing genera Gymnothorax and Strophidon (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from the Philippines. <em>Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria.</em> 53: 217-226., available online at https://aiep.pensoft.net/article/108838/list/8/ [details]
original description (of Muraena nudivomer Günther, 1867) Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Cabebe-Barnuevo, R. A.; Obar, E. A. A.; Penuela, D. F. A.; Motomura, H.; Babaran, R. P.; Malay, M. C. D. (2023). Two new records of moray eels representing genera Gymnothorax and Strophidon (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from the Philippines. <em>Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria.</em> 53: 217-226., available online at https://aiep.pensoft.net/article/108838/list/8/ [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found in seaward reefs in the Red Sea at 4 m or more. Usually found in more than 30 m elsewhere. It's mucus is toxic. [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Synonymy G. xanthostomus is a synonym Randall <307>, [details]
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gymnothorax insignis Seale, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lycodontis nudivomer (Günther, 1867))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Muraena nudivomer Günther, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax xanthostomus Snyder, 1904)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax nudivomer)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax xanthostomus Snyder, 1904)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax insignis Seale, 1917)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena nudivomer Günther, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis nudivomer (Günther, 1867))
To FishBase images (Gymnothorax nudivomer, Chinese Taipei, by Ho, H.-C.)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 33 proteins) (from synonym Muraena nudivomer Günther, 1867)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 33 proteins) (from synonym Lycodontis nudivomer (Günther, 1867))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax nudivomer FIN031293 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax xanthostomus P11809 illustration) (from synonym Gymnothorax xanthostomus Snyder, 1904)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gymnothorax insignis Seale, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lycodontis nudivomer (Günther, 1867))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Muraena nudivomer Günther, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax xanthostomus Snyder, 1904)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnothorax nudivomer)
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax xanthostomus Snyder, 1904)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax insignis Seale, 1917)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena nudivomer Günther, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis nudivomer (Günther, 1867))
To FishBase images (Gymnothorax nudivomer, Chinese Taipei, by Ho, H.-C.)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 33 proteins) (from synonym Muraena nudivomer Günther, 1867)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 33 proteins) (from synonym Lycodontis nudivomer (Günther, 1867))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax nudivomer FIN031293 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gymnothorax xanthostomus P11809 illustration) (from synonym Gymnothorax xanthostomus Snyder, 1904)
To ITIS
